treblig
Well-Known Member
An old idea,, brings new light to local fishing
Success!!
Trailer hooks are not a new idea. It has been used mainly for short striking fish. That is a fish that doesn’t fully commit to biting the lure. Most have been on the bass market. The fly fishermen also have been using this technique very successfully. A lot of the Tube flies have the hook trailing farther back. Salmon trolling with Bucktail flies are normally double hooked and the last is a trailer
A friend this year created a way to use a trailer hook on the spoon lures he uses for steelhead. He was, as a lot of us are aware the large damage that the manufacture hooks does. If you’re catching and releasing it breaks your heart when see what occurs. Fishing the rivers with his spoons having the trailer hook set up this way his catch rate were all positioned in the mouth rim for an easy release.
When I saw how he created this I immediately took all of my hooks and split rings off my spoons during beach fishing for salmon last year. There is a huge percent of short strikes when fishing for the salmon on our beaches. Also with Coho salmon they are famous for the rolling and spinning there is quite a few lost due to the hook tearing out.
The Dacron line and the smaller hook made it such a simple change but very effective. It allows the hook to move and swing freely without resistance.
The loss of salmon on the short strikes during our salmon beach fishing was reduced significantly. The hook sets were all positioned in the mouth and was not detrimental to the salmon survival.
If you're a spoon caster and find your getting allot of short strike misses try this out. You will be amazed at the results.
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Success!!
Trailer hooks are not a new idea. It has been used mainly for short striking fish. That is a fish that doesn’t fully commit to biting the lure. Most have been on the bass market. The fly fishermen also have been using this technique very successfully. A lot of the Tube flies have the hook trailing farther back. Salmon trolling with Bucktail flies are normally double hooked and the last is a trailer
A friend this year created a way to use a trailer hook on the spoon lures he uses for steelhead. He was, as a lot of us are aware the large damage that the manufacture hooks does. If you’re catching and releasing it breaks your heart when see what occurs. Fishing the rivers with his spoons having the trailer hook set up this way his catch rate were all positioned in the mouth rim for an easy release.
When I saw how he created this I immediately took all of my hooks and split rings off my spoons during beach fishing for salmon last year. There is a huge percent of short strikes when fishing for the salmon on our beaches. Also with Coho salmon they are famous for the rolling and spinning there is quite a few lost due to the hook tearing out.
The Dacron line and the smaller hook made it such a simple change but very effective. It allows the hook to move and swing freely without resistance.
The loss of salmon on the short strikes during our salmon beach fishing was reduced significantly. The hook sets were all positioned in the mouth and was not detrimental to the salmon survival.
If you're a spoon caster and find your getting allot of short strike misses try this out. You will be amazed at the results.
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